Area briefs: USC baseball rallies to sweep No. 19 LSU

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Apr 22, 2018 at 8:16 PMApr 22, 2018 at 8:16 PM

The South Carolina baseball team rallied from down 6-0 to score eight consecutive runs in the last three innings to complete a three-game sweep of No. 19 LSU on Sunday afternoon at Founders Park in Columbia. USC (23-17, 9-9 SEC) had double-digit hits for the third straight game, as T.J. Hopkins went 3-for-5 while LT Tolbert had two hits. Tolbert joined Justin Row and Noah Campbell with two RBIs each.

• In Columbia, the No. 12-ranked USC softball team (37-11, 11-7) used early offense and timely pitching in a 6-2 win over Missouri to earn the series sweep.

• In Birmingham, Ala., the women’s golf team collected runner-up honors at the SEC Championship after falling to Arkansas 3-2 in the match play finals Sunday.

CLEMSON: In Winston-Salem, N.C., No. 12 Clemson baseball (29-11, 14-7 ACC) tied its season high with four home runs and Jake Higginbotham pitched five scoreless innings in the Tigers' 9-4 win over Wake Forest on Sunday. Clemson registered its first sweep at Wake Forest since 2005.

• In New London, N.C., Doc Redman had a 66 and Bryson Nimmer added a 67 to lead Clemson to a 10-under-par 277 team score and a second-place finish at the ACC Men’s Golf Championship. Clemson finished second by two shots to Georgia Tech, and Redman finished second by two shots in the individual race to Thomas Walsh of Virginia.

• In New London, N.C., Kennedy Swann shot a 1-under-par 71 and Sydney Legacy continued her consistent play with a 1-over 73 to lead Clemson to a third-place team standing after two rounds of the ACC Women’s Golf Championship. Clemson is in third place with a 583 total, 20 strokes behind leader Duke.

• In Atlanta, the Clemson women’s tennis team fell to third-ranked Georgia Tech 4-0. Meanwhile, the men’s tennis team fell 4-3 to Notre Dame in Anderson.

WOFFORD: The baseball team earned a series sweep of The Citadel with a 6-5 win at Russell C. King Field. The Terriers (28-13, 9-3 SoCon) had a 5-1 lead, but the Bulldogs tied it at 5-5 after a grand slam in the fifth inning. Wofford scored in the sixth on a double steal for a 6-5 lead and both teams were held scoreless in the final three innings.

• In Pinehurst, N.C., the Wofford men’s golf team is in eighth place after the first round of the SoCon Championships, 30 shots behind leader Chattanooga.

• In Washington, the women’s lacrosse team (2-14) won its second straight match, 17-5 against Howard.

• In Columbia, the Wofford men’s and women’s track and field teams competed on Saturday at the USC Open. The Terriers set three school records at the meet and won two events. Alexandra Christopoulos won the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 12:13.58, and Wofford took the top three spots in the men’s 1,500, with Ben Hensley first (4:01.71), Jack Zemp second (4:02.46) and Cisco Ferre third (4:03.04).

USC UPSTATE: In DeLand, Fla., the softball team’s finale against Stetson was canceled because of rain. On Saturday night, the Spartans (31-16, 10-6 ASUN) swept a doubleheader with wins of 10-4 and 6-5.

• In Braselton, Ga., Matt Carter posted a first round even-par 72 to lead the USC Upstate men’s golf team on the first day of the ASUN Championships. The Spartans sit in fifth place of the team standings. Upstate sophomore Jordan Warnock (Dorman) was named to the ASUN all-academic team on Saturday evening, the first Spartan to earn such honors.

• In Braselton, Ga., Payton Culler paced the Upstate women’s golf team with an 81 during the first day of the ASUN Championships. The Spartans are in sixth place. On Saturday night, Upstate’s Pan Paksanont was named second-team all-conference.

• Terry Newell (21.41 seconds) and Sarah Hill (24.12) set new school records in the men’s and women’s 200-meter dash, respectively, to highlight this weekend’s action at the USC Open in Columbia.

LIMESTONE: The women’s lacrosse team is the top seed for the Conference Carolinas tournament and will host Erskine in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

• In Sumter, the Limestone women's tennis team fell to Chowan, 5-0, in the Conference Carolinas championship match on Sunday.

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